labor force participation. Using Ethnologue language data, I compute the relative language distance reduction index, after … which I use a probit/logit model and instrumental variable approach to account for language use policy endogeneity. This … study finds that the use of the Moore language increases the likelihood of labor force participation by 36 percent, with a …

) and recent immigrant learners in English as a Second Language (ESL), and their teachers in Central New York State were … in the United States (US), including ESL and feminist pedagogy. The results suggest that language literacy by itself may …

paper illustrates how the language used to describe violence against women may act to minimise these acts and the dominant …This paper examines the theory behind and some examples of the relationships between gender, language, cognition and … perception in the context of the criminal justice system. In particular, we consider the language of domestic violence and sexual …

societies. The Arabic language has sexist grammatical rules that silence women. The language has handed the patriarchal system …The purpose of this paper is to discuss linguistic sexism of the Arabic language, its causes, and its impact on Arab … its dream: authoritative male figures and suppressed women. This limits females’ power in the social, cultural, political …

Are perms, wigs, and hair extensions discursive symbols of black women's unfreedom? Hair blogs, television shows, and …. Although there's a light-hearted dimension to this debate, there are complex, theoretical points about black women and … contemporary questions of freedom. More specifically, what institutions shape or inhibit black women's choices when it comes to …

young Black women's behaviors. Combining data from the BJS and the CPS to match incarceration rates with individual … women's school attainment and early employment. The evidence in support of a negative impact of Black-male incarceration on … presumably minor offenders, provide germane estimates of the impact of male incarceration on women's decisions …

Most criminal acts are performed by men. Moreover, with only a hint of exaggeration, women never commit the most …. Further, women re-offend less frequently and imprisoning women normally has a more harmful effect on their dependents than … does incarcerating men. Women suffer more while in prison. Female inmates have higher rates of mental illness and are more …